Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a two-millennium-old set of practices, widely used in the East, which treats the patient by balancing and correcting the energy inherent to our body (known as Qi) and ultimately restoring the body’s energetic network. Qi is the basic life force that permeates every living organism and maintains every bodily organ and facilitates proper running by traversing freely throughout the entire body.
In short, TCM predicates that if there is an energetic blockage in any of our body’s energetic channels, then disease will occur in the corresponding channel’s organ or function, as the Qi in this area becomes weakened or diminished. In the same way, if the blockage is liberated, the energetic balance will be reestablished and the source of sickness corrected.
What makes TCM increasingly influential when treating skin diseases, is its holistic approach to the body, as it not only endeavors to correct the superficial symptoms of the disease, but rather to restore balance and correct the person’s Qi flow, and therefore address the root of the problem at its source, which will mean a more permanent solution as well as a healthier treatment, not based on medicine or drugs.
Skin conditions, as perceived by TCM, are usually a combination of problems associated with excessive heat or cold, poor digestion, inadequate circulation, stagnation of energy and emotional or hormonal problems. Several of the more frequent conditions have already been thoroughly researched and documented regarding its customary root causes. For example, age related skin damage has its root usually found in kidney variations; dermis issues are mostly related with spleen-pancreatic problems; epidermis issues are usually rooted in lung problems; and the tone of the facial muscles is known to be related to the health of the liver. Thus, by stimulating the energetic flow in these inner organs, the corresponding outer element may be improved or corrected.
In the same way, according to TCM philosophy, the face is a well-known indicator of health. By studying skin conditions and changes in various areas of the face, TCM can determine inner imbalances and stressed inner areas of the body.
Ultimately, there is no better medicine than leading a healthy life, so remember to drink lots of water, exercise and keep away from excesses.